Consultant Contractual Jobs at World Food Programme (WFP) and Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

JOB DETAILS:

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The overarching responsibility of this role is to ensure BB’s on-the-ground operations run smoothly, are tuned to business needs, and meet KPIs.
• Lead scoping activities to evaluate BB’s potential application for WFP and partner operations across the globe.
• Create project documents to support BB’s deployment, scaleup, and maintenance for various global operations.
• Develop project KPIs, monitor progress against those KPIs throughout the project implementation, and make necessary adjustments.
• Continuously define and analyze potential risks, and ensure their proper management, including developing and maintaining risk registries and contingency plans, implementing best practices from the industry, implementing relevant frameworks, etc.
• Support operational roll-out and scaleup activities as needed.
• Support capacity-building activities, including hiring and training new staff as part of handing over ongoing BB operational responsibility to local operations.
• Lead the on-the-ground BB project teams using agile and other applicable methodologies to fulfill project deliverables.
• Identify underperformance and ensure it is managed promptly.
• Provide remote support to country office teams to ensure BB’s operations continue smoothly.
• Be accountable for the high-quality and timely output of necessary project documentation, including project proposals, SOPs, manuals, progress updates, evaluations, reports, and project history narratives.
• Ensure all stakeholders are updated on the project status at the right frequency and level.
• Assist in the development of new BB use cases.
• Other role-relevant duties as assigned.

DELIVERABLES:
• Product Canvas;
• Product Roadmap;
• Product Backlog well-structured in Epics, Features, and User Stories, with User Stories that pass the “Definition of Ready” as per the INVEST criteria

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:
• University degree in business administration, project management, engineering, or a related field.
• PMP and/or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification(s) desirable.

Experience:
• At least five years of related professional experience, including experience in:
• Delivering complex, field-level implementation of technical projects in humanitarian contexts.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on business-critical matters.
• Developing and delivering on project KPIs
• Experience in coordinating/leading project teams.

Technical Skills & Knowledge:
• Continually striving to develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Highly autonomous and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to decide from incomplete information. • Ability to come up with innovative solutions to problems without precedent.
• Strong conflict resolution and consensus-building skills.

Language:
• Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese, is desirable